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Originally Posted by rickholio
Open a history book. ;)
World War I. The great depression. World War II. The cold war. Oil Crisis. Moon shot. Recession. Stagflation. Terrorism.
And through it all, ever rising debt fueled by rampant consumerism.
Same as above to a lesser extent. Fortunately we at least get something for our tax money, and often pay less than the more heavily burdened south of the border types.
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You forgot to mention you get the shield of protection living next to the most powerful country on the planet gives you. No nation would ever consider "invading" Canada. (Or Mexico for that matter)
Please tell me A: what "rampant consumerism" is supposed to mean, and B: How in your reality it adds to the problem? You sound like one of the talking heads on the evening news gibbering "techno speak."
And perhaps instead of "world war II" it should read "America saving the world's ass from oppression and never getting paid back."
Another big one you forgot:
America protects most of the world, and certainly all of Europe from the march of communism through the cold war.
On Terrorism; America crushes the taliban's stronghold to the benefit of the rest of the world, and freedom for Afghanistan & Iraq on our nickel. (I'm sure we won't get paid back on that one either......least they could do is pay in oil, fairly)
Freedom isn't free, and America pays the lion's share.